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The Civil War Data 150 Project was started as a proof of concept to explore the potential of Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, which has become known generally as #LODLAM.  An unsuccessful grant application to the NEH … Continue reading →

Mark Harvey, Archivist of the State of Michigan, lead a panel on the Civil War Data 150 project at this year’s American Association for State and Local History annual meeting.  Along with Mark, on the left, the panelists also included … Continue reading →

The O’Reilly Radar just published an article about the Civil War Data 150 project and the potential for Linked Open Data as a tool to aid historical analysis.  Audrey Watters interviewed Scott Nesbit, Civil War historian and associate director of … Continue reading →

The commemoration of the American Civil War has begun, one hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Fort Sumter first began. In two days, the battle would be won by the Confederacy. We marked the beginning of the Civil … Continue reading →

Kris Carpenter Negulescu led a panel on December 14, 2010 at the Coalition for Networked Information’s Fall Membership Meeting entitled: Linked Open Data: The Promises and the Pitfalls. Beginning at 25:55 in the video, she explores Civil War Data 150 … Continue reading →

Audrey Watters explored the Civil War Data 150 project in her recent post in the leading technology blog, ReadWriteWeb.  She touched on the technical and cultural importance and potential of utilizing Linked Open Data in libraries, archives and museums. She … Continue reading →

We’re very happy to announce that the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond has joined Civil War Data 150 as a partner organization.  The team at UR brings particular expertise on the history and geography of nineteenth-century America … Continue reading →

Here are the slides from my June 15th guest lecture, which is now available as a webcast (Firefox or IE required), and as a free video podcast on iTunes. Thanks for having me San Jose State! I’ve also published the … Continue reading →